The first pleasant days of spring come out like a squirrel and go in again.

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

The sacredness, if there is any, is all in yourself and not in the place.

The stars are distant and unobtrusive, but bright and enduring as our fairest and most memorable experiences.

As in many countries precious metals belong to the crown, so here more precious natural objects of rare beauty should belong to the public.

My spirits infallibly rise in proportion to the outward dreariness. Give me the ocean, the desert, or the wilderness!

Almost any mode of observation will be successful at last, for what is most wanted is method.